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We are all traumatized by life, some from prodigious wrongdoings and with suppressed pain, others with the guilt of blaming themselves for else’s warpath.
“My life was a burden because of my sister,” said Em Amir, one of our One Million Arab Women survivors. “I was abused, betrayed, forcibly married, coerced to drop out of school at a very young age, traumatized, and emotionally destructed.”
No matter what is the source of trauma, we are all dealt a hand of cards that can make us lose or win, to gamble the risk of pursuing our lives. But what can we do?
“I was forcibly married to a man at the age of 19, whom I didn’t love nor attain a slight fondness towards. I used to live in a very conservative community back in Syria, I wasn’t happy, my life was miserable, I was played, fooled, and deceived,” said Em Amir.
Em Amir’s faith was her courage to abandon the life she was a victim of and withstand a divorce deed to broaden her horizons into being the woman she wants herself to be. She fell for marrying another man that promised her security and surety until she was victimized again. “My second husband was extremely abusive to me, he used to threaten my family’s safety if I ever spoke about leaving him. He once wanted to scald my face with battery acid for an attempt of leaving the house and everything behind,” mentioned our One Million Arab women survivor.
When we heal we step into the person we always wanted ourselves to be, maybe pain cannot be recuperated, but we are able to affect the real changes of our lives, our families, and communities as a whole. We are able to prove to ourselves that we are resilient, we are powerful, we are self-efficient and assured. Sometimes, we fail to understand when feeling hurt can be the most important lesson in our lives.
Neuroscience Researcher, John Cacioppo said once that, “loneliness is like an iceberg, it goes deeper than we can see.” Loneliness has been proven to cause serious repercussions, leading to illness and a 50% increased risk of early death.
“I was alone in my experience. Throughout my Drama Therapy sessions with Intisar Foundation, I felt socially connected and surrounded by positive energy. As the group therapy sessions helped me open ties with myself and interact with others,” said Em Amir. “For example, a hug from a woman wasn’t only comforting to me but it made me feel good, improved my self-worth and made me feel loved.”
Communicating emotions leaves us with feeling with others, being empathetic, sharing gratitude, appreciation, meaningful connections, and inner fulfillment. “Healing from my trauma and past made me someone stronger, someone wiser, someone kinder. The exercises of Drama Therapy helped me find my inner power, helped me see that I am someone important,” said Em Amir to Intisar Foundation.
Trauma is not and never will be a fault on anyone, but healing keeps us responsible for the life we want to lead. Healing is our responsibility because it is the only life we get to live and feel loved, cared and gratified in.
“I am lucky for the hand that reached and uplifted me to whom I am now. I will never forget what I passed through, and most importantly the woman I have become. I keep on replicating over and over again the period of my growth in becoming a self-resilient and powerful woman in everyone’s eyes. This moment I will never forget and adequately thank enough for Intisar’s help to me.”
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Officially registered as a humanitarian organisation with the Charity Commission for England and Wales in 2019, Intisar Foundation is the first charitable organisation in the Middle East dedicated to providing psychological support programmes of drama therapy to Arab women affected by the brutality of war and violence.
Intisar Foundation
Number 22, Mount Ephraim,
Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN48AS
UK Registration Charity Number: 1182384
For more than a month, we are witnessing how international humanitarian law fails to protect Palestinian mothers and children.
Day after day, we have been lamenting and denouncing new acts of violence that brought injustice and the bemoaning loss of innocent lives in Gaza.
And yet, Palestinians in Gaza still face new perils with every next hour.
In writing this letter to the world as a demand for action to end this suffering, I join millions of others who have condemned the continued Israeli aggression and call for an immediate ceasefire.
We at Intisar Foundation also invite you to join us in working on preventing this trauma to linger and gnaw through another generation of Palestinians, and Arabs in general.
The mission of Intisar Foundation is to bring Peace to the Arab world through the psychological recovery of Arab women traumatised by war and violence, which can result in the women stopping the continued cycle of violence inflicted on or by them.
In this way, our work helps Arab homes traumatised by violence become more Peaceful again.
The ripple effect of this outcome can be that Peace flowcharts from one Arab home to another, from one Arab community to another, reaching and affecting our whole region.
In its very essence, therefore, Intisar Foundation’s work has always been about breaking the chains of trans-generational trauma.
While I salute people around the world confronting this injustice – from the world’s best universities, influencers, civil society activists and organisations, to ordinary people taking to streets and social media to raise their voices for Peace – I am now certain that we will not resolve the Palestinian crisis only with ceasefires, humanitarian aid, or rebuilding their homes and neighbourhoods.
We need to recover and protect the souls of current and future generations of Palestinians, and all Arabs, from this trauma.
To that end, Intisar Foundation is committed to turning this terrible man-made tragedy into a healing woman-led victory for Palestine, for humanity!
Intisar AlSabah
Awesome post! Keep up the great work! 🙂